Murphy was the first officer on the scene after reports of a shooter at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 5. As his own squad car video showed, the two exchange gunfire. A bullet first struck Murphy's face, damaging his vocal cords. He moved over and down, but the shooter persisted. Murphy was hit several more times and took cover under a vehicle.

After only 18 days in the hospital, Murphy was released. And after numerous commendations and an invitation to the State of the Union address by first lade Michelle Obama, Murphy turned in his badge.

"I'm definitely going out on top," Murphy said in a one-on-one interview with WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino. "But no matter who you are, you still want to close the door the way you want to."

Murphy said that when he awoke in the hospital after the shooting, he realized he'd never be back on the force but would instead have to fight to live.

"From the moment it happened, it was a mindset that I'm going to get past this," he said. "I'm going to survive this moment and get past it."

Murphy received an award from the Sikhs for Justice group, was included on an Oak Creek American Legion memorial and was honored by several local and national groups as a community champion.

He was one of eight officers who received the National Association of Police Organizations' "Top Cop" awards.

Murphy and Sam Lenda, the second officer on the scene of the shooting, were also named Oak Creek's Citizens of the Year.

His actions were also highlighted in President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech Feb. 14.

"We should follow the example of a police officer named Brian Murphy," Obama said. "When a gunman opened fire on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety. He fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow Americans worshiping inside, even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds."

Obama concluded by saying, "And when asked how he did that, Brian said, 'That's just the way we're made.'"

Despite local and national accolades and his 22 years on the force, Murphy still has mixed emotions about retirement at this stage in his life.

"There were times I'm absolutely fine with it, and there are other times I feel frustration and a little bit of anger that the things that I worked for and the way that I wanted to end my career are not going to come to fruition," he said.

But Murphy said in an earlier interview with Joyce Garbaciak that he believes he has angels watching over him. He lost his sister, Elaine, to lymphoma last year and his mother died of cancer years ago.

"I like to think my sister and my mom were saying, 'You still have time to go. We're not ready for you yet,'" he said. "They had God save me."

ENFORCEMENT AND SIKH COMMUNITIES OF OAK CREEK CAME TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON TO HONOR POLICE LIEUTENNANT BRIAN MURPHY. THE MAN WOUNDED SO CRITICALLY DURING LAST YEAR'S SIKH TEMPLE SHOOTING IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF SERVICE. MORE THAN A DOZEN SIKH TEMPLE MEMBERS WERE AT THE CEREMONY FOR LIEUTENANT MURPHY AS WELL AS SIKH POLICE OFFICERS FROM CANADA WANTING TO CONGRATULATE MURPHY IN PERSON. MURPHY WAS JOINED BY HIS FAMILY AND FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM OAK CREEK. MURPHY WAS THE FIRST OFFICER TO RESPOND TO LAST YEAR'S MASS SHOOTING AT THE SIKH TEMPLE, AND WAS SHOT 15 TIMES. WISN 12 NEWS' CHRISTINA PALLADINO WAS AT TODAY'S CEREMONY. SHE'S LIVE IN OAK CREEK, CHRISTINA. "CONGRATS ON AN UNBELIEVABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER AND A JOB WELL DONE." IT'S A BITTERSWEET DAY FOR OAK CREEK POLICE LIEUTENANT BRIAN MURPHY AS HE WEARS HIS UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME. SOT FULL LT. MURPHY RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION FROM THE COMMUNITY AS HE STEPS DOWN AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE AND SURVIVING THE SIKH TEMPLE MASS SHOOTING LAST AUGUST. "I'M DEFINITELY GOING OUT ON TOP, BUT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU STILL WANT TO CLOSE THE DOOR THE WAY YOU WANT TO." IN AN EXCLUSIVE SIT- DOWN INTERVIEW WITH 12 NEWS, LT. MURPHY TALKS ABOUT THE MIXED EMOTIONS HE HAS ABOUT RETIRING AND THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HIS LIFE. IRONICALLY, HE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COMPANY THAT MAKES BULLET PROOF VESTS--THE SAME ONE THAT SAVED HIS LIFE AFTER BEING SHOT 15 TIMES. "I START MONDAY AT ARMOR EXPRESS, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE BULLET PROOF VESTS, HELPING THEM RUN THEIR SAVE PROGRAM FOR OTHER OFFICERS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, WHICH IS A GOOD TRANSITION FOR ME." LT. MURPHY TELLS ME THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY WILL ALLOW HIM TO HELP FELLOW OFFICERS IN THE SAME SITUATION HE'S IN--BUT IT'LL BE HARD TO GIVE UP WEARING THE BADGE. "WHILE THIS CHAPTER IN MY LIFE IS NEVER GOING TO FULLY CLOSE IT'S NOT A DOOR SHUT THAT'S FOR SURE, IT'S ME MOVING PAST IT NOW." BUT OF COURSE, NOT WORKING WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE OAK CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF RETIRING. "THEIR MY FAMILY AND YOU NEVER LEAVE YOUR FAMILY." LT. MURPHY WILL MOST LIKELY WORK PART-TIME FOR ARMOR EXPRESS--TRAVELLING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO SPEAK AT CONVENTIONS AND OTHER EVENTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. HE WANTS MOST OF HIS TIME HOWEVER DEVOTED TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

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